Day December 13, 2006

Social unrest in China

Unrest and riots in China have gotten serious enough that party newspapers are acknowledging they are happening and that reforms are needed to end the increasing disparity between rich and poor. American Leftist has more. Alvin Toffler once said he…

Spamming as mental illness

Spammers pay large amounts of money to have their millions of mostly unreadable spams sent out. So what’s the payoff to them, especially considering the risk? Maybe they’re compulsive gamblers I believe the leaders of the gangs you can hire…

More global warming portents

Ice free Arctic by 2040 This from US researchers, who say most Arctic ice will be gone by 2040 with the tipping point coming in 2025. Rumors that Dubya said the researchers were “terrorists who hate freedom” are probably untrue.…